Shakunla DeviSingla

On June 30, 1998, former Coast Guard employee, Shakunla DeviSingla, entered a personnel database she had helped design. She used her experience and a former co-worker's password and other identification to delete data. Her action required 115 employees and 1800 hours to recover the deleted information.

Hacking for Girlies

On September 13, 1998, hackers defaced The New York Times Web site, renaming it HFG (Hacking for Girlies). In early November, two members of HFG told Forbes magazine that they initiated the attack because they were bored and couldn't agree on a video to watch.

Chinese Typewriters

Did you know that some Chinese typewriters have 5,700 characters? The keyboard is almost three feet wide on some models and the fastest one can type on these machines is 11 words per minute.